Edvard Csanyi
1671 awesome technical articles
Electrical engineer, programmer and founder of EEP. Highly specialized for design of LV/MV switchgears and LV high power busbar trunking (<6300A) in power substations, commercial buildings and industry facilities. Professional in AutoCAD programming.
Power Substation
Four ways of ensuring proper selectivity in MV/HV electrical network protection
Selectivity study of a power system is usually considered as an advanced job for advanced engineers, mostly relay protection engineers. This article will try to get close to a few… Read more
Jan 04, 2021 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Hey engineers, wish you a happy and normal new year, 2021!
Just a short note from me today, the end of this crazy year. I’d like to wish you a normal and happy New Year on behalf of myself and everyone… Read more
Dec 30, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Electrical Lectures
The facts about numerical relays that every electrical engineer should know
The first protection devices based on microprocessors were employed in 1985. The widespread acceptance of numerical technology by the customer and the experiences of the user helped in developing the… Read more
Dec 23, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Electric Motor
Troubleshooting the most typical winding problems of three phase electric motors
It’s always important to identify the real cause of burned windings and not just to replace the electric motor. Motor windings have a different appearance in all these failure situations:… Read more
Dec 21, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Protection
Exciting and inrush currents in transformers that often make protection relays go crazy
If normal voltage is impressed across the primary terminals of a transformer with its secondary open-circuited, a small exciting current flows. This exciting current consists of two components, the loss… Read more
Dec 07, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Your Cyber Monday in EEP! Save Big on Premium Membership and Video Courses
Hello, hope all is well with you! It’s our pleasure to share with you two Cyber Monday deals for our new electrical engineers, expiring on December 3rd: 20% on EEP… Read more
Nov 26, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Electric Motor
The most used types of single-phase motors in the world
You should know that single-phase motors are rarely rated above 5 kW. Fractional-kilowatt motors, most of which are single-phase, account for 80−90% of the total number of motors manufactured and… Read more
Nov 23, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Protection
Ohmic relay applications for protecting power system, lines and generators
This class of relays was originally used to protect transmission lines and were believed to measure the distance from the relay location to a fault. Currently, several types are applied… Read more
Nov 09, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
High Voltage
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Testing and commissioning of MV/HV switchgear (wiring, final inspection and checks)
This article continues the series of articles dedicated to the erection, testing and commissioning of MV/HV switchgear by describing the most important precautions and recommendations in various procedures and steps…....
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Oct 28, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
High Voltage
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Guide to erection and commissioning of MV/HV switchgear (Inspection, installation and assembly)
Erection and commissioning of MV/HV switchgear are quite complex and full of tiny little details that can easily make your project slow down or even stop. Not to mention deadlines…...
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Oct 26, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Power Substation
The facts about switchyards, incoming and outgoing feeder connections, CTs and VTs
What do you need to know about designing a switchyard? Well, to simplify, you need a lot and it’s not that simple. Switchyards need to be designed with respect to… Read more
Oct 21, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Protection
How primary feeder, distribution transformer, fuses and service operate in radial networks
As we already know, distribution transformers step down from the distribution or primary feeder voltage to the utilization voltage. They are connected to the primary feeder, sub-feeders, and laterals through… Read more
Oct 12, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Power Substation
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13 terms concerning relaying, measurements, and breakers used by protection engineers
It’s not unusual to see graduates and engineers from other disciplines experience difficulties in properly interpreting the terminology used in applying relays, analyzing their performance, and designing protection systems. Actually,…...
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Oct 07, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Power Substation
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Hints on installation and commissioning power transformers (experience and recommendations)
Purchasing a power transformer for a project is always challenging for every electrical engineer dealing with the procurement. You could omit dozens of possible details from the final specification and…...
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Sep 28, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
Energy and Power
Eight fuse characteristics you must consider when designing protection circuits
Fuses were the first type of protection to be used, and they still have a place in numerous applications. Although they do not have the flexibility of adjustment and resetting… Read more
Sep 16, 2020 | By Edvard Csanyi
